On Nov 3, 5:21 am, Nick <[email protected]> wrote: > In theory, we could move back there, but its a big ask now that > several 100 members have moved here. You can view the forum in a > variety of ways - look at the "options" settings in the top right. > > My BIGGEST gripe is the lack of a "files" section for photos etc. > Still awaiting ideas on that one...
I'd be happier if Google could manage to keep it working reliably. I use the web interface, and something like 20% of the time, I get either a "We're sorry - discussions for this group aren't available now - please try later" or the page just hangs during load. Regardless of what free service we use, we're the "product" being sold (to advertisers), not the customer, so we're at the whim of whatever provider we're on. As I recall, one trigger for the Yahoo Groups exodus was their fiddling with the user interface - it wasn't just the absent group owner. Of course, right after we moved in here at Google, Google pulled the "You can't edit your group intro and downloadable archives will no longer be available" stunts. However, running on a paid platform means either relying on the kindness of whoever runs the site, or actually paying money for it, both of which have their own sets of issues. A couple of the other forums I'm a member of have settled on Amazon Web Services w/ vBulletin, where a couple of the founders chip in the small amount of money needed to keep the thing going. I don't know if that model (or anything remotely like that) would work here. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
